Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?

Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by loeg on Thursday December 16, 2021 @07:55PM (#29586278)

Yeah, but you have to go up quite a few levels to make 10x the pay. E.g., a Google L5 makes (ballpark) $360k. An L8 makes (ballpark) $1M. That's only 3x higher, and you probably need a lot more than 10x impact to go L5 -> L8. An L4 makes $270k, still within ~1/4 of an L8. L3s are paid almost 200k, which is still ~1/5 of an L8.

I don't know what L9s or 10s are paid; it's probably highly variable and the total number are probably a handful.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by johnhowardstein on Thursday December 16, 2021 @08:31PM (#29586597)

Advancement at Google is tied heavily to being on the right projects to the extent that I think you're way overselling the extent to which the higher levels will be better at their jobs.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by loeg on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:02AM (#29593983)

That seems plausible; I don’t work there. I think that further supports the argument that “10x engineers” are not paid 10x.

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